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Chapter 7: Cooking

The rest of the shinobi waited, occasionally making small talk with each other. There was silence in the room as a soft thud was heard. A couple of silent moments later, a smug looking Sasuke came from the hallway.

"I-is he ok?" Hinata spoke up quickly after realizing that Naruto was not following him.

She blushed as his attention turned to her, " He'll be fine," He glanced at the one sitting beside her quickly, "You should go and check on him though."

"You j-just said that he was ok!" He shrugged as she slowly stood up, hoping that this wasn't some kind of trap to find out what the two blondes and her were talking about. Shrugging off that idea, she disappeared down the hall.

All attention was directed towards Hoshi as she stood up and stretched, "who's hungry?" There was a loud barage of answers, all of which told her that they were, "well, guess who's cooking? Them!" her hands shot up, her index fingers extending.

Shikamaru and Sasuke stared at her as they found her pointing at them.

"I don't cook Hoshi." Shikamaru stated bluntly.

Puffing her cheeks, she moved her right hand over more towards her left. It just so happened to be that Neji was the only one closest to where she pointed.

"I refuse to cook with Uchiha" He narrowed his eyes slightly.

Sasuke scoffed, "I am definitely not cooking with Hyuuga."

Hoshi glared childishly, "Yes, you two are! Now go!"

Both teenagers were pushed into the kitchen with difficulty. Having been heavier and a lot more stubborn than she would have expected them to be.

"Why don't you girls cook something?" Neji made it sound like a statement and a question with the monotone his deep voice had converted to.

The girls gasped as if they had been quite offended by what he had said.

Tenten stuck her nose into the air, "Well if what you just said meant what I think it did then no. You're a jackass and now you have to cook."

With a quick shove, the boys were in the kitchen.

"If you don't cook, you're not getting out!"

The two prodigies glared at each other for a while before Neji looked away, "We better start."

Being rivals and being in a bad mood, Sasuke felt the need to make a snide remark, "Why? So your little girlfriend won't get mad at you?"

"No, so we can get out of here," He smirked lightly before adding, "I bet that's why you don't have a girlfriend anymore. You're arrogant, indifferent, and cynical."

The Uchiha's anger spiked, "It is none of your business why we fought or why we broke up," his voice had cracked, hoping the other occupant of the room hadn't noticed he continued, "At least I had one, you don't even have the guts to ask someone out. So don't act like you know anything about our relationship."

Neji had heard Sasuke's voice crack and the fact that the boy had said what he did, he knew he found the Uchiha's soft spot. He stored that information for later.

"Well, I guess Naruto was wrong. You're not gay after all." He had said it so quietly, he didn't expect Sasuke to hear him.

"You thought I was gay?" He glared at the male in front of him, "why in the world would you think that." He had said it too calmly.

Neji thought about saying, 'Well, you never took any interest in girls and your first kiss was Naruto.' He decided not to, instead going for a simple, "You look gay."

Sasuke's glare left his face. He didn't know how to react to that so he walked over to a cupboard, opened it, and pulled out some instant ramen.

He thought that if they wanted food and if it was going to get him out of here faster, than by all means, he'd cook something. Sasuke took out a pot glancing beside him as Neji walked over and began helping. Hoping it would move things along faster. It had, although the one who owned the place made him clean the mess that had been made instead of helping him cook.

When the noodles where done and the necessary ingredients that the two wanted to add were added they began banging on the door in a way that they both knew didn't seem like they were too desperate to get out.

Soon a reluctant Sakura and a skipping Hoshi opened the door. Motioning for the two to get out, they walked in.

Walking back into the living room, they saw Naruto was resting his head in Hinata's lap as she gently ran her fingers through his hair, blushing slightly. Neji, being the overpertective glared at the blonde boy as he noticed them.

"You know," Shikamaru drawled out, "you should learn to be a bit more quiet."

The prodigies asked at once, "How much did you hear?"

"Only what Naruto told us."

They glared at said boy as they sat down and the girls began giggling.

"What's so funny?" Neji didn't know why he asked, but he was hoping they weren't laughing about how Sasuke saying that he didn't have the guts to ask a girl out.

Immediately the laughter stopped, Ino began talking, "Nothing really. Only that you told Sasuke he looked gay" She finished as the laughter quickly returned.

Gahh, Im such a procrastinator... oh well

-OSSF